Map-holding and reading apparatus.



F, A. ANTON].

MAP HOLDING AND READING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-8,1916.

Patented Feb. 20, 1917.

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FRIEDRICH AUGUST ANTONI, OF COLOGNE, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TO RESOPAN-GESELLSCHAFT M. B. H., OF COLOGNE, GERMANY.

MAP-HOLDIN Gr AND READING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 2U I917.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRIEDRICH AUGUST AN'roNI, subject of the King ofPrussia, German Emperor, residing at- Cologne, in the Province of theRhine,.Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMap-Holding and Reading Apparatus, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in mapholding and reading apparatus.

liclap-pockets as heretofore constructed have been found objectionablebecause the maps, especially in bad weather, soon be come worn and areinjured by being repeatedly taken out, handled, and bent around, thusrendering an exact setting practically impossible.

The present invention has for its main object to obviate the objectionshitherto exsisting, and to provide a simple and efficient means wherebymaps, plans and the like may be supported and readily placed in positionfor reading, without danger of injury thereto.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appearand the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in theappended claim.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawing, whichwith the characters of reference indicated thereon, form a part of thisspecification, and in which Figure 1 is a face view with portions brokenaway.

Fig. 2 is an edge view thereof looking in the direction of the arrows inFig. 1.

Like characters of reference indicate like parts in the different views.

In the drawing a a designate two pairs of axles suitably mounted in theframe or support, and upon each axle is mounted to slide endwise thereofa roller 7) 0. Upon each pair of rollers is a band, out out of a map,for instance, and rolled thereon in such manner that each band may berolled off from the one roller and rolled up on the other, an operationrendered possible by the turning of one or the other of the axles ofeach pair, each band being wound independently of the other. The pair ofrollers are adapted to be shifted from the right to the left, and viceversa.

Now, supposing the band with the sections 1, 3 and 5 is rolled up on therollers 79, and the band with the sections 2, l and 6 on the rollers c,the bands will be side by side with the sections 1 and 2 side by side.If now a road across the two bands lying side by side is followed andthe border or outer edge of the section 2 is reached the rollers 6 mustbe shifted to the right and the rollers c to the left and the band onthe rollers I) rolled up until its section 8 comes aside the section 2.In this way the bands may be, at will, placed side by side, and a road,as indicated at m a, may be followed across the whole map without itbeing necessary to take the whole map out of the frame.

The bands may be rolled in either direction to bring the right hand orthe left hand edges thereof side by side, according to circumstances.When not in use, one band may be placed behind the other, out of theway, and the front band only may be used, until it becomes necessary tobring the other band into operative position to continue the road beyondthe edge of the one band.

It is to be understood that the map is cut longitudinally into two partsto form the two bands.

What is claimed as new is A map-holding and reading apparatus,

comprising a plurality of'pairs of rollers for supporting map sectionsin the form of bands, said rollers being arranged with the differentpairs in different parallel planes, and each pair adapted to be shiftedendwise from right to left, or vice versa, independently of the otherpair.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRIEDRICH AUGUST ANTONI. Witnesses:

OTTO SCHMIDT, J. Bnornr.

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